164 HEIGHTS IN THE PENINSULA. 



Berar, from the eastern shore to the great Western Ghauts ; 

 and one need only cast his eye on tide map to perceive thi* 

 by the course of the rivers, which uniformly take an easterly 

 direction, and fall into the Bay of Bengal. The country 

 from Madras by Arcot towards the bottom of the Pedanaig- 

 drooj pass' rises gradually to between 800 and 900 feet 

 above the sea ; and a similar slope may be considered to 

 obtain for sixty or seventy miles southward of Madras, and 

 for 130 or 140 miles north of it. The western coast is, 

 however, more hilly, and is covered with jungles or forests 

 from the sea to the Western Ghauts. The mean height of 

 the provinces of Malabar and Canara may be estimated at 

 about 200 feet above tire sea. 



The Ceded Districts adjoining the Mj'sore territories on 

 the north partake of the general slope which has been no- 

 ticed. Bellary the capital, lying nearly in the centre of 

 the province, is about 1600 feet above the sea, and the rise 

 continues westward till it attains the elevation of 2500 feet. 

 Belgaum in the Doab, situated at this height, is nearly the 

 highest part of that province. 



The average height of the province of Hydrabad, including 

 an area of nearly the same magnitude as the Mysore table- 

 land, is about 1900 feet above the sea; the city of Hydra- 

 bad lies low, near the northern edge of this area. Tha 

 slope to the east and the north-%vest from this elevated tract 

 is rapid ; that to the north is much more gradual ; the spaco 

 to the south, between it and the ceded districts, compre- 

 hending the bed of the Kistna, is from 1100 to 1300 feet 

 above the sea. 



The elevation of Bangalore and Hydrabad thus interrupts 

 the general slope of the peninsula. The country round 

 Jaulna is from 1600 to 1800 feet above the sea, and the 

 general ascent from east to west is here very distinctly 

 marked. Poonah, situated very near the Western Ghauts, 

 is believed to be 2500 feet, or nearly so, above the sea. 



The flat open plains of Nagpore seem to indicate their 

 approach to the alluvial districts of the Ganges ; for at the 

 very base of the peninsula, and at a distance of 400 miles: 

 from either the eastern or western sea, they attain only an 

 elevation of 800 or 900 feet. Hinginghaut, fifty miles south 

 of Nagpore, is only 700 feet above the sea. 



The northern division, including Guntoor, is ^ series of 



